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Registered: 29th Jan 03
Location: Bolton, Drives Q3 S-line +
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17th Jun 05 at 22:09

under heavy breaking my brakes make a funny 'woo -ing' noise and then i can smell a burning scent??

anyone know what it could be???

oh it's a corsa b, 1.6 16v sport btw

Adam_B

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17th Jun 05 at 22:12

yes there fucked, get reyland 4 pots + 305mm discs

[Edited on 17-06-2005 by Adam_B]

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17th Jun 05 at 22:15

seriously adam? or u trying to sell me some reylands

Cybermonkey

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18th Jun 05 at 02:53

quote:
Originally posted by Mo
under heavy breaking my brakes make a funny 'woo -ing' noise and then i can smell a burning scent??

anyone know what it could be???

oh it's a corsa b, 1.6 16v sport btw

your discs could be pretty worn, and the noise you can hear is the heat escaping through the vents in between the discs. when they are cold, run your finger round the edge to see how much of a lip there is, if its very prominent, you may want to think about getting some new discs. while you are at it, get some Astra GTE calipers and 256x24 discs on there

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18th Jun 05 at 17:42

cheers cybermonkey it's got a bit of a lip round the edges but i'm gonne upgrade anyway. thinking of the v6 brakes

Adam_B

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18th Jun 05 at 18:08

quote:
Originally posted by Mo
cheers cybermonkey it's got a bit of a lip round the edges but i'm gonne upgrade anyway. thinking of the reylands

good boy.

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18th Jun 05 at 18:29

biatch

Twiggy

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18th Jun 05 at 20:08

My V6 jobbies are in the post wooooow!!

Carr

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18th Jun 05 at 20:09

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
My V6 jobbies are in the post wooooow!!

What brakes have you been using on the xe before then?

Twiggy

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18th Jun 05 at 20:38

std 1.6 sport jobbies... like the 2.0 valvers just not as wide.... i am gonna have 12" disc's!!

langey

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18th Jun 05 at 20:40

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
std 1.6 sport jobbies... like the 2.0 valvers just not as wide.... i am gonna have 12" disc's!!

12inch disks?

what you putting them on? a wagon?

Twiggy

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18th Jun 05 at 20:58

288mm Vectra V6 brakes...

Adam_B

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18th Jun 05 at 21:21

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
std 1.6 sport jobbies... like the 2.0 valvers just not as wide

also your callipers are a lot smaller, size of the disc means fuck all.

[Edited on 18-06-2005 by Adam_B]

langey

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18th Jun 05 at 21:31

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
288mm Vectra V6 brakes...

that aint 12inch

thats 28.8cm, just over 1 inch which is 25.4 mm

Twiggy

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18th Jun 05 at 22:06

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
std 1.6 sport jobbies... like the 2.0 valvers just not as wide

also your callipers are a lot smaller, size of the disc means fuck all.

[Edited on 18-06-2005 by Adam_B]

How can it mean fuck all...? if you had discs the size of a 20p coin then there not gonna be as good as a 300mm disc are they!

I know what u mean about the calipers thout...

But i think bigger is better!!

Twiggy

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18th Jun 05 at 22:07

quote:
Originally posted by langey

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
288cm Vectra V6 brakes...

that aint 12inch

thats 28.8cm, just over 1 inch which is 25.4 mm

288cm/25.4 = 11.338" or near enough 12"

Cybermonkey

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19th Jun 05 at 07:37

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
std 1.6 sport jobbies... like the 2.0 valvers just not as wide

also your callipers are a lot smaller, size of the disc means fuck all.

[Edited on 18-06-2005 by Adam_B]

How can it mean fuck all...? if you had discs the size of a 20p coin then there not gonna be as good as a 300mm disc are they!

I know what u mean about the calipers thout...

But i think bigger is better!!

i think you misunderstood adam there. He was saying that the Corsa 1.6 calipers are tiny compared to ATE ones for example, hence the total difference in braking power, regardless of the fact that both discs are 256mm. GTE discs are 24mm thick though, as opposed to 20mm for Sport 1.6 ones.

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19th Jun 05 at 16:47

1.6 brakes are shite. a micra has better brakes

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19th Jun 05 at 16:54

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=219303

Twiggy

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19th Jun 05 at 21:12

quote:
Originally posted by Mo
1.6 brakes are shite. a micra has better brakes

There stopping me ok atm!

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19th Jun 05 at 21:59

You have a 2.0 and 1.6 brakes. Good one

Adam_B

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19th Jun 05 at 22:35

quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
std 1.6 sport jobbies... like the 2.0 valvers just not as wide

also your callipers are a lot smaller, size of the disc means fuck all.

[Edited on 18-06-2005 by Adam_B]

How can it mean fuck all...? if you had discs the size of a 20p coin then there not gonna be as good as a 300mm disc are they!

I know what u mean about the calipers thout...

But i think bigger is better!!

i think you misunderstood adam there. He was saying that the Corsa 1.6 calipers are tiny compared to ATE ones for example, hence the total difference in braking power, regardless of the fact that both discs are 256mm. GTE discs are 24mm thick though, as opposed to 20mm for Sport 1.6 ones.

yes

Twiggy

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19th Jun 05 at 22:51

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B

quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey24

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B

quote:
Originally posted by REDSPORT
std 1.6 sport jobbies... like the 2.0 valvers just not as wide

also your callipers are a lot smaller, size of the disc means fuck all.

[Edited on 18-06-2005 by Adam_B]

How can it mean fuck all...? if you had discs the size of a 20p coin then there not gonna be as good as a 300mm disc are they!

I know what u mean about the calipers thout...

But i think bigger is better!!

i think you misunderstood adam there. He was saying that the Corsa 1.6 calipers are tiny compared to ATE ones for example, hence the total difference in braking power, regardless of the fact that both discs are 256mm. GTE discs are 24mm thick though, as opposed to 20mm for Sport 1.6 ones.

yes